Basic Site Details Name: | Scottish Provident Offices | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | New buildings on the old site in St Andrew Square. Cost £1.5m (1970). Consulting engineers Blyth and Blyth Contractor Thorpe Campbell
Cost in 1975 given as £2m. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Office | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 7-19 , South St David Street | | | | 6, 7, St Andrew Square | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1961 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | | | 1966 | 1969 | Build/construction | | | 14 September 1966 | | Destruction/demolition | Demolition of Scottish Provident Institution due to begin on this date to make way for this new office block. Est. cost of new offices, £600,000 |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p323 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p552 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | pp35-6, 150, 164 | | McKean, Charles | 1992 | Edinburgh: an illustrated architectural guide | | | no.159 | | Patrick Harrison | 1990 | Civilising the City: Quality or Chaos in Historic Towns | | Nic Allen, Edinburgh | p109 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Sinclair, Fiona | 1984 | Scotstyle, 150 Years of Scottish Architecture | | | pp108-109 | | Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | | | p11, p14 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building | 23 September 1966 | | | p166 | | Building Industries | March 1970 | | | | | Glasgow Herald | 24 October 1969 | | | "Fitting into a new home" by Robin Todd | | Scotsman | 25 August 1966 | | | "New Temporary Head Office of Insurance Company" by W. Grant Liddell | | Scotsman | 4 October 1969 | | | Reference from HS - but not entirely clear | | Scotsman | 24 October 1969 | | | "New Offices for Scottish Provident Institution" by Leslie Fraser |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | | Removed as largely demolished August 2014 | | Personal Post-War Archive (held at ECA) | Miles Glendinning | | edin (misc) articles post 1975 non-hsg
"Archibabble" a collection of press and articles compiled by Graham Harris dated 13/08/1994.
Citing "The Scottish Provident Institution Building at 6 St Andrew Square", unpublished dissertation by Veronica M McMeeking, April 1992 |
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